600 students to participate in Ferris State's graduation ceremony Saturday

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - More than 600 students plan on participating in Ferris State University’s graduation ceremony on Saturday.

The ceremony is taking place at the university’s Ewigleben Sports Complex, and will feature a speech by Dr. Avesh Raghunandan, a professor at Ferris’ Michigan College of Optometry and the 2013 recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award.

Two ceremonies will take place Saturday. At 10 a.m., commencement will begin for the university’s colleges arts and sciences, education and human services, and engineering technology. The second ceremony is expected to start at 1:30 p.m. and will feature graduates of the college of business and health professions.

In all, more than 1,000 students are to receive degrees from Ferris for degrees completed by the end of the fall 2013 semester.

Brian McVicar covers education for MLive and The Grand Rapids Press. Email him at bmcvicar@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter